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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:<br>"Times New Roman"">According to the <a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiEG/tabid/96/topic/FDA/language/en-US/Default.aspx">FDA</a>, Ready-To-Eat (RTE) Foods are foods which have been <a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiEG/tabid/96/topic/Food%20Safety/language/en-US/Default.aspx">processed</a> before selling to the </span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiCD/tabid/95/topic/Consumer/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">consumer</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><span style="font-family:<br>"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">for consumption. They include:</span></p>
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<li>Raw animal foods that have been properly <a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiEG/tabid/96/topic/Food%20Borne%20Illness/language/en-US/Default.aspx">cooked</a>.</li>
<li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Fish intended for raw consumption that has been frozen to destroy <a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiLN/tabid/98/topic/Listeriosis/language/en-US/Default.aspx">parasites</a>.</span></li>
<li>Raw fruits and vegetables that are washed.</li>
<li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Fruits and vegetables that are cooked for hot holding.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Plant food for which further washing, cooking, or other processing is not required for </span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiEG/tabid/96/topic/Food%20Safety/language/en-US/Default.aspx">food safety</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">, and from which rinds, peels, husks, or shells, if naturally present, are removed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Substances derived from plants, such as spices, seasonings, and sugar; a bakery item such as bread, cakes, pies, fillings, or icing for which further cooking is not required for </span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiEG/tabid/96/topic/Food%20Safety/language/en-US/Default.aspx">food safety</a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:<br> "Times New Roman"">.</span></li>
<li>Dry, fermented sausages, such as dry salami or pepperoni.</li>
<li><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Salt-cured meat and poultry </span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/topic/Product/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">products</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">, such as prosciutto ham, country-cured ham, and Parma ham.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dried meat and poultry </span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiOR/tabid/99/topic/Product/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">products</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">, such as jerky or beef sticks; and low acid foods that have been thermally processed and packaged in hermetically </span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiST/tabid/100/topic/Sealed/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">sealed</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.safesourcing.com/KnowledgeCenter/SafeSourcingWiki/SafeSourcingWikiCD/tabid/95/topic/Container/language/en-US/Default.aspx"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">containers</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";<br>mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Source: fda.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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